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we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Beverly Hills home with Brad Pitt In 2001, a year after Aniston tied the knot with Brad Pitt, the couple shelled out $13.1 million for a 12,000-square-foot French Normandy–style Beverly Hills home.
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
That's more than double the national average, where around 13% of U.S. homeowners are shelling out that kind of cash.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Ernst & Young, one of the nation's largest accounting firms, estimates the industry shells out billions of dollars annually to address recalls.
—Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
If your phone is starting to have trouble getting through a whole day without a top-up, but is otherwise working fine, swapping in a new battery is cheaper than shelling out for a new phone.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
That's more than double the national average, where around 13% of U.S. homeowners are shelling out that kind of cash.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Ernst & Young, one of the nation's largest accounting firms, estimates the industry shells out billions of dollars annually to address recalls.
—Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
If your phone is starting to have trouble getting through a whole day without a top-up, but is otherwise working fine, swapping in a new battery is cheaper than shelling out for a new phone.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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